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MALAYSIA 


@  I  inlrruiood  &  Undenvood 


A  Geograpliy  Lesson  on 
Malaysia 

Where  is  Malaysia? 

It  is  the  open  door  of  the  Orient, 
“somewhere  east  of  Suez.” 

What  have  we  to  do  with  Malaysia? 

Much,  for  more  than  half  of  our  tin 
comes  from  the  Malay  Peninsula,  while 
from  the  islands  we  get  rubber  and  spice 
and  tapioca  and  cocoanut  oil. 

What  is  the  most  thickly  populated 
land  in  the  world  ? 

China?  No.  India?  No.  It  is  Java 
where  35,000,000  people  are  packed 
away  700  to  the  square  mile. 

Why  is  Malaysia  a  strategic  center  for 
missions  ? 

Immigrants  from  every  country  in  the 
Orient  come  and  go  through  Malaysia, 
and  if  we  can  reach  them  there,  we  shall 
thus  establish  a  radiating  center  for 
Christianity. 


You  Can  Help  Supply  Leaders 
for  tlie  Native  Ckurcli 

$200' 

With  the  assistance  of  the  natives  will 
build  a  parsonage. 

$250 

Will  aid  the  natives  in  paying  the  yearly 
salary  of  a  preacher. 

$800 

Will  take  care  of  a  Chinese  preacher 
for  a  year. 

$850 

Will  buy  an  automobile  for  an  itin¬ 
erating  preacher. 

$1,000 

With  the  aid  of  the  natives  will  build 
a  church. 

$2,000 

Will  buy  a  motor  boat  for  use  in  the 
islands. 


Substituting  education  for  head-hunting. 


A  New  Race  to  Educate 

Methodism’s  entering  wedge  into 
Malaysia  was  the  Anglo-Chinese  school 
in  Singapore  which  is  now,  with  the 
exception  of  some  colleges  in  Japan,  the 
largest  school  in  the  Orient.  From  this 
beginning  has  grown  a  system  of  sixty- 
five  primary  schools  and  four  higher 
schools. 

These  schools,  once  started,  are  prac¬ 
tically  self-supporting.  But  there  is  a 
brand-new  opportunity  in  Malaysia  now. 
The  head-hunting  Dyaks,  the  original 
wild  men  from  Borneo,  are  for  the  first 
time  asking  for  schools.  The  Dutch 
government  has  offered  to  erect  build¬ 
ings  if  the  Methodist  Church  will  supply 
teachers. 

If  we  do  not  take  advantage  of  the 
opportunity,  the  same  offer  will  be 
made  to  the  Mohammedans,  from  whom 
the  Dyaks  will  get  a  knowledge  of 
Mohammedanism  which  will  make  them 
more  difficult  to  reach. 


You  C  an  Help  Educate  a  Race 
^W^kicli  Has  Never  Had 
Sckools 

$40 

Will  support  a  student  in  Bible  training 
school  for  a  year. 

$200 

Will  open  a  village  primary  school. 

$300 

Will  aid  in  the  translation  and  publica¬ 
tion  of  needed  books. 

$850 

Will  pay  the  salary  of  a  native  teacher 
in  Anglo-Chinese  College. 

$2,000 

Will  build  a  preparatory  school. 


$2, 1 00 

Will  pay  the  yearly  salary  of  a  foreign 
teacher. 


Marked  down  seventy -five  per  cent. 


A  Bargain  in  Hospitals 

Only  a  few  doctors  are  scattered 
throughout  the  Netherlands  East  Indies. 
Missionaries  carry  small  stocks  of  medi¬ 
cine,  but  they  are  entirely  unable  to 
meet  the  need,  for  sanitation  is  un¬ 
dreamed  of,  and,  according  to  con¬ 
servative  estimates,  eighty  per  cent  of 
the  natives  are  diseased. 

The  Dutch  government  desires  to 
remedy  the  situation  but  is  unable  to 
supply  the  needed  doctors  and  nurses; 
therefore  it  has  offered  to  the  Methodist 
Church,  which  is  the  only  American 
mission  in  the  islands,  the  opportunity 
of  cooperating  in  building  six  hospitals. 

The  government  will  supply  three- 
fourths  of  the  money  necessary  for  the 
buildings  and  will  pay  the  salary  of  one 
American  doctor  and  nurse  and  of  three 
native  nurses  in  each  hospital. 

Can  we  afford  to  miss  such  a  chance.^ 


YouC  an  Place  Hospitals  witkin 
tke  Reack  of  15,000,000 
People 

$1,000 

Will  be  our  part  toward  the  hospital 
at  Pontianak. 

$1,000 

Will  be  our  part  toward  the  hospital 
at  Palenbang. 

$2,500 

Will  be  our  part  toward  the  hospital 
at  Bandjor. 

$3,000 

Will  be  our  part  toward  the  hospital 
at  Boemiajoe. 

$4,000 

Will  be  our  part  toward  the  hospital 
at  Atjeh. 


$10,000 

Will  be  our  part  toward  the  hospital 
at  Soerabaja. 


Published  by 
Centenary  Commission 
of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church 

150  Fifth  Avenue 
New  York 
1913 


